On 6 February 1952, Princess Elizabeth succeeded to the throne on the untimely death of her father, King George VI. Her Coronation in Westminster Abbey on 2 Jun

Includes inserts (pictures, document facsimiles, etc.).

The first systematic study of the practice of royal self-coronations from late antiquity to the present.

The Queens Coronation (Facsimile Edition)

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4 August, 1900. Few could have imagined the profound effect